Full Description
Inclusion as Social Justice: Theory and Practice in African Higher Education unravels the practical dimensions and complexities involved in the implementation of social justice in African higher education systems in the broader theoretical context of epistemological dynamics working for or against diverse student populations in higher education.
Contents
Foreword
Elias Mpofu
Notes on Contributors
PART 1: Setting the Scene for Social Justice in African Higher Education
Introduction to Part 1
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
1 Deciphering the Conversations
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
2 Epistemological Access in Disadvantaged Schools: A Case Study of Flood-Prone Rural Schools in Western Kenya
Gloria Erima and Felix Maringe
PART 2: Access and Epistemic Complexities in African Higher Education
Introduction to Part 2
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
3 Epistemological Access of Rural Students in an Urban University: Implications for Inclusive Teacher Education
Alfred Masinire
4 Social Justice for Refugee Students in Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Disjunctures
Otilia Chiramba and Felix Maringe
5 On Relevance: A Critique of Knowledge Processes in the African University
Amasa P. Ndofirepi, Thokozani Mathebula and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
6 Inclusion and Social Justice: Creating Space for African Epistemologies in the African University
Amasa p. Ndofirepi and Ephraim T. Gwaravanda
7 Epistemic Insolence in the African University: An Anti-Colonial Quest for Liberated Intellectual Spaces
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Elizabeth S. Ndofirepi
PART 3: Disability Issues in African Higher Education
Introduction to Part 3
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
8 Special Educational Needs and Academic Professionalism for Inclusive Higher Education in Africa
Martin Musengi
9 Obstacles for Students with Disabilities in Accessing Higher Education in South Africa: A Decolonial Perspective
Sibonokuhle Ndlovu
10 Conceptualisation of Quality in Higher Education in Zimbabwe: Students with Disabilities Speak
Joseph Chidindi
11 Identity and Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in Higher Education: Lessons from Contrasting Policies and Practices in African and US Institutions
Martin Musengi and Millicent Musyoka
12 Social Justice Enhancers of University Inclusion for Deaf People in Zimbabwe
Phillipa Mutswanga
13 Inclusion of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education: Experiences from Ethiopia and Zimbabwe
Emmanuel Munemo and Yirgashewa Bekele
14 The Experience of Students with Visual Impairment in Higher Education: Barriers and Coping Mechanisms
Binian Amdebirhan and Yirgashewa Bekele
PART 4: Gender Debates in African Higher Education
Introduction to Part 4
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
15 Violence and Abuse against Female University Students in Zimbabwe: Implications for Inclusion
Regis Chireshe and Excellent Chireshe
16 Disability and Access in Higher Education in Tanzania: Experiences of Women with Disabilities
Margreth Matonya
17 The Jagged Road to an Uncertain Future: Ethiopian Female University Students with Disabilities
Yirgahsewa Bekele, Michelle Proyer and Elina Lehtomäki
18 Boosting Gender Equity in Higher Education: Rethinking Strategies
Beatrice M'mboga Akala
19 Achieving Academic Excellence in Africa: A Focus on the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender and Disability in Higher Education
Christine Peta
PART 5: Present Realities and Future Directions in African Higher Education
Introduction to Part 5
Amasa P. Ndofirepi and Martin Musengi
20 Campus Social Space in Higher Education: Undergraduate Students Negotiating Campus Social Spaces: Capabilities and Contested Spaces for Collaboration
Elizabeth Sipiwe Ndofirepi
21 Lessons, Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Higher Education
Martin Musengi and Amasa P. Ndofirepi
Index
